15 September 2019 Davis Cup Group I and Group II Results the ITF Has
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15 September 2019 Davis Cup Group I and Group II results The ITF has announced the results from the Davis Cup Group I and Group II ties taking place on 13-15 September. Nineteen ties took place this weekend. The 12 Group I winning nations will contest the Davis Cup by Rakuten Qualifiers on March 2020, while the losers will play in the new World Group I Play-offs alongside the 12 winners of Group II ties. The weekend’s results mean that, to date, 10 nations – Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Korea Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Uruguay and Uzbekistan – have secured a place in March’s Qualifiers. Hungary’s Europe/Africa Group I tie with Ukraine was suspended due to bad light with Attila Balazs of Hungary leading Ilya Marchenko 64 5-5 in the decisive fifth match. The tie will be completed on Monday. The remaining Group I tie between Pakistan and India is scheduled to take place in November. Meanwhile, eight Group II ties were completed this weekend, with Bolivia, Chinese Taipei, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Slovenia, South Africa and Turkey all securing a place in next year’s World Group I Play- offs. In addition to the Group I and Group II ties, three regional group events were held this week, with all three concluding on Saturday. In Europe Group III four teams (Estonia, Greece, Latvia and Poland) have gained promotion to March’s World Group II Play-offs, where they will be joined by Kenya and Tunisia, who were victorious in Africa Group III. In Asia/Oceania Group IV, Jordan and Pacific Oceania won promotion to Group III. Davis Cup is the World Cup of Tennis. It is the largest annual international team competition in sport, with 133 nations entered in 2019. The competition is 119 years old, having been founded in 1900. Follow all the action on www.daviscup.com, www.copadavis.com, www.twitter.com/daviscup, www.facebook.com/daviscuptennis, www.instagram.com/daviscuptennis, www.weibo.com/daviscupofficial, video.daviscup.com and live.daviscup.com EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP I CZECH REPUBLIC defeated BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 3-2 Venue: Arena Zenica, Zenica, BIH (hard - indoor) Jonas Forejtek (CZE) d. Mirza Basic (BIH) 75 64 Jiri Vesely (CZE) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 62 76(4) Mirza Basic/Tomislav Brkic (BIH) d. Jiri Lehecka/Jiri Vesely (CZE) 76(2) 63 Mirza Basic (BIH) d. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 76(7) 63 Jonas Forejtek (CZE) d. Tomislav Brkic (BIH) 61 67(7) 61 SWEDEN defeated ISRAEL 3-1 Venue: Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, SWE (hard - indoor) Mikael Ymer (SWE) d. Edan Leshem (ISR) 63 75 Markus Eriksson (SWE) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 76(6) 60 Daniel Cukierman/Jonathan Erlich (ISR) d. Markus Eriksson/Andre Goransson (SWE) 60 62 Mikael Ymer (SWE) d. Daniel Cukierman (ISR) 64 63 Markus Eriksson (SWE) v Edan Leshem (ISR) – not played AUSTRIA defeated FINLAND 3-2 Venue: Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo, FIN (hard - indoor) Dominic Thiem (AUT) d. Patrik Niklas-Salminen (FIN) 63 64 Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) d. Sebastian Ofner (AUT) 63 64 Oliver Marach/Jurgen Melzer (AUT) d. Henri Kontinen/Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 76(5) 62 Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) d. Dominic Thiem (AUT) 63 62 Dennis Novak (AUT) d. Haari Heliovaara (FIN) 36 63 76(5) HUNGARY level with UKRAINE 2-2 Venue: Sport11 Sports, Leisure and Event Center, Budapest, HUN (clay - outdoor) Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Attila Balazs (HUN) 64 63 Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. Illya Marchenko (UKR) 63 62 Attila Balazs/Marton Fucsovics (HUN) d. Denys Molchanov/Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 76(1) 36 63 Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 57 63 76(3) Attila Balazs (HUN) v Illya Marchenko (UKR) – to be completed, Balazs leads 64 5-5 SLOVAKIA defeated SWITZERLAND 3-1 Venue: AXA Arena NTC, Bratislava, SVK (clay - outdoor) Sandro Ehrat (SUI) d. Martin Klizan (SVK) 62 76(7) Andrej Martin (SVK) d. Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 62 46 75 Filip Polasek/Igor Zelenay (SVK) d. Jerome Kym/Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 63 63 Norbert Gombos (SVK) d. Henri Laaksonen (SUI) 61 61 Andrej Martin (SVK) v Sandro Ehrat (SUI) – not played BELARUS defeated PORTUGAL 3-2 Venue: Republic Olympic Tennis Center, Minsk, BLR (hard - indoor) Joao Sousa (POR) d. Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 46 61 62 Egor Gerasimov (BLR) d. Joao Domingues (POR) 62 63 Joao Sousa/Pedro Sousa (POR) d. Ilya Ivashka/Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) 63 76(5) Egor Gerasimov (BLR) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 76(3) 64 Ilya Ivashka (BLR) d. Pedro Sousa (POR) 64 76(4) ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP I UZBEKISTAN defeated LEBANON 3-2 Venue: Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL), Jounieh, LBN (clay - outdoor) Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) d. Hady Habib (LBN) 64 64 Benjamin Hassan (LBN) d. Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) 26 63 75 Sanjar Fayziev/Jurabek Karimov (UZB) d. Benjamin Hassan/Giovani Samaha (LBN) 62 57 63 Benjamin Hassan (LBN) d. Sanjar Fayziev (UZB) 26 63 64 Jurabek Karimov (UZB) d. Hady Habib (LBN) 64 16 61 KOREA, REP. defeated CHINA, P.R. 3-1 Venue: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Tennis Stadium, Guiyang, CHN (hard - indoor) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) d. Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 76(4) 67(4) 75 Ji Sung Nam (KOR) d. Zhe Li (CHN) 76(1) 76(0) Mao-Xin Gong/Ze Zhang (CHN) d. Ji Sung Nam/Min-Kyu Song (KOR) 76(6) 76(5) Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) d. Yai Ban (CHN) 63 64 Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) v Ji Sung Nam (KOR) – not played AMERICAS GROUP I BRAZIL defeated BARBADOS 3-1 Venue: Sociedade Recreativa Mampituba, Criciuma, BRA (clay - outdoor) Darian King (BAR) d. Joao Menezes (BRA) 36 64 62 Thiago Monteiro (BRA) d. Haydn Lewis (BAR) 62 62 Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA) d. Darian King/Haydn Lewis (BAR) 76(4) 75 Thiago Monteiro (BRA) d. Darian King (BAR) 64 76(6) Joao Menezes (BRA) v Haydn Lewis (BAR) – not played ECUADOR defeated VENEZUELA 4-0 Venue: Doral Park Country Club, Doral, USA (hard - outdoor) Emilio Gomez (ECU) d. Juan Lugo (VEN) 61 60 Roberto Quiroz (ECU) d. Luis David Martinez (VEN) 63 63 Gonzalo Escobar/Diego Hidalgo (ECU) d. Luis David Martinez/Roberto Maytin (VEN) 64 64 Antonio Cayetano March (ECU) d. Luis David Martinez (VEN) 67(3) 75 10-4 Juan Lugo (VEN) v Roberto Quiroz (ECU) – not played URUGUAY defeated DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3-1 Venue: Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, URU (clay - outdoor) Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM) 61 64 Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) d. Martin Cuevas (URU) 61 76(7) Martin Cuevas/Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Victor Estrella Burgos/Nick Hardt (DOM) 64 63 Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 75 60 Martin Cuevas (URU) v Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM) – not played EUROPE/AFRICA GROUP II SOUTH AFRICA defeated BULGARIA 4-1 Venue: Kelvin Grove Club, Cape Town, RSA (hard - outdoor) Lloyd Harris (RSA) d. Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) 64 67(3) 63 Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) d. Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 75 75 Raven Klaasen/Ruan Roelofse (RSA) d. Alexander Donski/Alexandar Lazarov (BUL) 63 62 Lloyd Harris (RSA) d. Dimitar Kuzmanov (BUL) 63 76(3) Philip Henning (RSA) d. Gabriel Donev (BUL) 62 63 TURKEY defeated DENMARK 3-2 Venue: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Risskov (Aarhus), DEN (hard - indoor) Cem Ilkel (TUR) d. Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) 76(4) 67(2) 62 Altug Celikbilek (TUR) d. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (DEN) 64 16 76(5) Johannes Ingildsen/Frederik Nielsen (DEN) d. Sarp Agabigun/Altug Celikbilek (TUR) 67(1) 63 64 Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (DEN) d. Cem Ilkel (TUR) 76(4) 64 Altug Celikbilek (TUR) d. Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) 61 76(5) SLOVENIA defeated EGYPT 3-1 Venue: El Gezera Sporting Club, Cairo, EGY (clay - outdoor) Aljaz Bedene (SLO) d. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) 75 4-1 ret. Mohamed Safwat (EGY) d. Blaz Rola (SLO) 64 16 76(4) Aljaz Bedene/Blaz Rola (SLO) d. Sherif Sabry/Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 75 63 Aljaz Bedene (SLO) d. Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 75 75 Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (EGY) v Blaz Rola (SLO) – not played NORWAY defeated GEORGIA 3-1 Venue: Njaard Tennis klubb, Oslo, NOR (clay - outdoor) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO) d. Viktor Durasovic (NOR) 75 64 Casper Ruud (NOR) d. George Tsivadze (GEO) 61 60 Viktor Durasovic/Casper Ruud (NOR) d. Aleksandre Bakshi/Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO) 64 63 Casper Ruud (NOR) d. Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO) 63 62 Viktor Durasovic (NOR) v George Tsivadze (GEO) – not played ASIA/OCEANIA GROUP II NEW ZEALAND defeated INDONESIA 3-1 Venue: Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Stadium, Jakarta, INA (hard - outdoor) Ajeet Rai (NZL) d. M Rifki Fitriadi (INA) 76(7) 63 Rhett Purcell (NZL) d. David Agung Susanto (INA) 36 64 60 Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus (NZL) d. Antony Susanto/David Agung Susanto (INA) 60 62 Ari Fahresi (INA) d. Ajeet Rai (NZL) 63 26 10-7 M Rifki Fitriadi (INA) v Rhett Purcell (NZL) – not played CHINESE TAIPEI defeated HONG KONG, CHINA 4-0 Venue: Victoria Park Tennis Stadium, Hong Kong, HKG (hard - outdoor) Jason Jung (TPE) d. Chak Lam Coleman Wong (HKG) 61 62 Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) d. Pak Long Yeung (HKG) 63 62 Cheng-Peng Hsieh/Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE) d. Hong Kit Wong/Pak Long Yeung (HKG) 63 62 Chun-Tsin Tseng (TPE) d. Wai Yu Kai (HKG) 62 75 Chak Lam Coleman Wong (HKG) v Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) – not played AMERICAS GROUP II MEXICO defeated PARAGUAY 4-1 Venue: Club Internacional de Tenis, Asuncion, PAR (clay - outdoor) Manuel Sanchez (MEX) d. Ayed Zatar (PAR) 63 62 Lucas Gomez (MEX) d. Juan Borba (PAR) 64 64 Juan Borba/Ayed Zatar (PAR) d. Santiago Gonzalez/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 16 63 64 Lucas Gomez (MEX) d.